The 2017–18 season was Everton's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 140th year in existence. They participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, and UEFA Europa League.
Everton had a disappointing start to the campaign, leading to the dismissal of manager Ronald Koeman in October after a 5–2 home loss to Arsenal, Koeman was sacked just two months into his second campaign in charge after guiding Everton into the UEFA Europa League in an impressive first season at the club. It was over a month after his departure that Sam Allardyce took over from interim manager David Unsworth, as prime target, Watford manager Marco Silva, was unable to be released from a contract with The Hornets to take over at Goodison Park. The fiasco led to a legal suit after Silva was controversially sacked by Watford after a downturn in results following his failure to secure the Everton job, and when Silva took over at Everton in the 2018–19 season, Everton were forced to pay £4 million in compensation to Watford for what was described as "an unwarranted approach" whilst Silva was still at Watford. Allardyce guided the club to 8th in the league, but could not prevent exits in the Europa League group stage and the FA Cup third round. Allardyce was dismissed at the conclusion of the season, with Everton's fans criticising Allardyce's style of play on a number of occasions; the club stated "The decision is part of a long-term plan".
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Player From Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CB Nathangelo Markelo Volendam Undisclosed 1 July 2017 AM Davy Klaassen Ajax £23,600,000 1 July 2017 LW Henry Onyekuru Eupen £6,800,000 1 July 2017 GK Jordan Pickford Sunderland £25,000,000 3 July 2017 CB Michael Keane Burnley £25,000,000 3 July 2017 ST Sandro Málaga £5,200,000 5 July 2017 FW Boris Mathis Metz Free 7 July 2017 RW Josh Bowler Queens Park Rangers £1,500,000 9 July 2017 FW Wayne Rooney Manchester United Free 17 July 2017 RB Cuco Martina Southampton Free 27 July 2017 CB Lewis Gibson Newcastle United Undisclosed 16 August 2017 AM Gylfi Sigurðsson Swansea City £40,000,000 31 August 2017 CM Dennis Adeniran Fulham Undisclosed 31 August 2017 AM Nikola Vlašić Hajduk Split £8,000,000 5 January 2018 FW Cenk Tosun Beşiktaş £27,500,000 17 January 2018 RW Theo Walcott Arsenal £20,000,000
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Player To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CB Jack Bainbridge Swansea City Released 1 July 2017 CF Delial Brewster Chesterfield Released 1 July 2017 CM Tom Cleverley Watford £8,000,000 1 July 2017 RW Gerard Deulofeu Barcelona £10,600,000 1 July 2017 RW Michael Donohue Fleetwood Town Released 1 July 2017 AM Tyrone Duffus Free agent Released 1 July 2017 GK Russell Griffiths Motherwell Released 1 July 2017 GK Connor Hunt Free agent Released 1 July 2017 CF Arouna Koné Sivasspor Released 1 July 2017 CF Conor McAleny Fleetwood Town Released 1 July 2017 CB Josef Yarney Newcastle United Released 1 July 2017 RB James Yates Hull City Released 10 July 2017 CF Romelu Lukaku Manchester United £75,000,000 13 July 2017 RW Aiden McGeady Sunderland £500,000 17 July 2017 CF Courtney Duffus Oldham Athletic Undisclosed 15 August 2017 CM Gareth Barry West Bromwich Albion £1,000,000 5 January 2018 AM Ross Barkley Chelsea £15,000,000 5 January 2018 CM Liam Walsh Bristol City Undisclosed 23 January 2018 RW Aaron Lennon Burnley Undisclosed
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Player From End date Ref. 7 July 2017 LM Anton Donkor VfL Wolfsburg 2 January 2018 31 January 2018 CB Eliaquim Mangala Manchester City 30 June 2018
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Player To End date Ref. 1 July 2017 LW Henry Onyekuru Anderlecht 30 June 2018 5 July 2017 CB Brendan Galloway Sunderland 30 June 2018 8 July 2017 RB Tyias Browning Sunderland 30 June 2018 19 July 2017 CB Matthew Pennington Leeds United 30 June 2018 20 July 2017 CM Joe Williams Barnsley 30 June 2018 3 August 2017 RM Kieran Dowell Nottingham Forest 30 June 2018 4 August 2017 LB Antonee Robinson Bolton Wanderers January 2018; extended to June 2018 30 August 2017 CM Conor Grant Crewe Alexandra January 2018 31 August 2017 CB Callum Connolly Ipswich Town 30 June 2018 31 August 2017 CM Liam Walsh Birmingham City January 2018 7 January 2018 LW Kevin Mirallas Olympiacos 30 June 2018 31 January 2018 RW Ademola Lookman RB Leipzig 30 June 2018 31 January 2018 CM Muhamed Bešić Middlesbrough 30 June 2018 31 January 2018 CF Sandro Sevilla 30 June 2018
Overall transfer activity
Spending Summer: £133,100,000
Winter: £27,000,000
Total: £160,100,000
Income Summer: £95,100,000
Winter: £15,000,000
Total: £110,100,000
Expenditure Summer: £38,000,000
Winter: £12,000,000
Total: £50,000,000
Pre-season Friendlies On 22 June 2017, Everton announced four pre-season friendlies against Sevilla, Gor Mahia, FC Twente and Genk.
Competitions
Premier League
League table
Result summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 14 June 2017, Everton's Premier League fixtures were announced.
FA Cup In the FA Cup, Everton entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Liverpool.
EFL Cup Everton joined the competition in third round and were drawn at home to Sunderland. An away trip to Chelsea was announced for the fourth round.
UEFA Europa League Qualifying Everton entered the competition in the third qualifying round, where they faced Slovak side Ružomberok. After winning the tie 2–0 on aggregate they were drawn against Croatian team Hajduk Split in the play-off round.
Group stage On 25 August 2017, Everton were drawn into Group E alongside Lyon, Atalanta and Apollon Limassol.
Players First team squad
(captain)
Out on loan
Squad statistics Appearances
!colspan="14"|Players loaned out during season
!colspan="14"|Players who left during the season
Goalscorers {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !"width:35px;"| !"width:35px;"| !"width:35px;"| !"width:200px;"|Player !"width:75px;"|Premier League !"width:75px;"|Europa League !"width:75px;"|FA Cup !"width:75px;"|League Cup !"width:75px;"|Total
| 1 || FW || 10 || align=left| || 10 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 11 |- | 2 || FW || 19 || align=left| || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 9 |- | 3 || FW || 29 || align=left| || 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 8 |- | 4 || MF || 18 || align=left| || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 6 |- | 5 || FW || 14 || align=left| || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 |- |rowspan=3| 6 || DF || 3 || align=left| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 |- | FW || 11 || align=left| || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 |- | MF || 17 || align=left| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 |- | rowspan=4|9 || DF || 5 || align=left| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | MF || 26 || align=left| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | MF || 27 || align=left| || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | FW || 31 || align=left| || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | rowspan=3|13 || DF || 4 || align=left| || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | MF || 7 || align=left| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | FW || 9 || align=left| || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | colspan="4" align=center| Own goals || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- !colspan="4"|Total || 44 || 12 || 1 || 4 || 61
Disciplinary record
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2" style="width:50px;"|Rank !rowspan="2" style="width:50px;"|Position !rowspan="2" style="width:180px;"|Name !colspan="2"|Premier League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Europa League !colspan="2"|Total |- !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| !style="width:30px;"| |- | rowspan=2|1 |MF |align=left| Tom Davies
|6 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
|1 |0
!8 !0 |- |MF |align=left| Morgan Schneiderlin
|4 |1
|0 |0
|0 |0
|2 |1
!6 !2 |- |rowspan=2|3 |DF |align=left| Ashley Williams
|3 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
|2 |0
!6 !0 |- |MF |align=left| Wayne Rooney
|5 |0
|1 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!6 !0 |- |5 |MF |align=left| Idrissa Gueye
|4 |1
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!4 !1 |- |6 |FW |align=left| Dominic Calvert-Lewin
|3 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
!4 !0 |- |rowspan=3|7 |MF |align=left| Gylfi Sigurðsson
|2 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
!3 !0 |- |DF |align=left| Mason Holgate
|3 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!3 !0 |- |DF |align=left| Cuco Martina
|1 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|2 |0
!3 !0 |- |rowspan=7|10 |FW |align=left| Oumar Niasse
|2 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!2 !0 |- |DF |align=left| Phil Jagielka
|1 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
|0 |0
!2 !0 |- |MF |align=left| Muhamed Bešić
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|2 |0
!2 !0 |- |MF |align=left| Theo Walcott
|2 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!2 !0 |- |DF |align=left| Jonjoe Kenny
|2 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!2 !0 |- |DF |align=left| Michael Keane
|2 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!2 !0 |- |MF |align=left| James McCarthy
|0 |0
|1 |0
|1 |0
|0 |0
!2 !0 |- |rowspan=5|17 |DF |align=left| Leighton Baines
|1 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!1 !0 |- |MF |align=left| Kevin Mirallas
|1 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
!1 !0 |- |FW |align=left| Ademola Lookman
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
!1 !0 |- |MF |align=left| Nikola Vlašić
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
!1 !0 |- |MF |align=left| Beni Baningime
|0 |0
|0 |0
|0 |0
|1 |0
!1 !0 |- !colspan=3|Total!!42!!2!!2!!0!!4!!0!!14!!1!!62!!3
References